Background
Ernst was born at his parents" estate at Konopiště in Bohemia.
Ernst was born at his parents" estate at Konopiště in Bohemia.
In late 1918, their properties in Czechoslovakia, including Konopiště and Chlumec nad Cidlinou, were confiscated. The children moved to Vienna and Schloß Artstetten. They were freed in 1945 when World World War II ended.
Their Austrian properties were confiscated in 1939 but were returned in 1945.
Ernst married Marie-Therese Wood (1910-1985) on 25 May 1936. The couple had two children:
Prince Franz Ferdinand Maximilian Georg Ernst Maria Josef Zacharius Ignaz von Hohenberg (b 14 March 1937 - d 8 August 1978).
Married Heide Zechling and had issue:
Prince Franz Ferdinand Karl Georg Ernst von Hohenberg (b 24 May 1969). Married Christiane Pirker, one son.
Prince Maximilian von Hohenberg (b 2001)
Prince Ernst Georg Elemer Albert Josef Antonius Peregrinus Rupertus Maria von Hohenberg (b 1 March 1944).
Married 1stly on 31 August 1970 to Patricia Anette Caesar (divorced 1999) and had issue;
Princess Eva Anne Maria von Hohenberg (b 1 December 1974)
He died at Graz in Austria in 1954, aged 49.